Arctic Ocean Introduction

Background: A spring 2000 decision by the International Hydrographic Organization
delimited a fifth world ocean from the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean,
Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.

The new ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60 degrees south latitude
which coincides with the Antarctic Treaty Limit.

The Arctic Ocean remains the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific
Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean).

A Short Background

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific
Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean).
The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia)
are two important seasonal waterways. A sparse network of air, ocean, river, and
land routes circumscribes the Arctic Ocean.

People of Arctic Ocean - Learn about the population,
age structure, birth and death rate, sex ratio, nationality, ethnic groups, religions,
languages, and literacy in Arctic Ocean

Government and Politics in Arctic Ocean -
Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence,
national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative,
and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of
Arctic Ocean.

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